Book World: Talib Kweli s Vibrate Higher is a plain-spoken striver s tale
Allison Stewart, The Washington Post
Feb. 16, 2021
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By Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli was an up-and-comer when fellow New York rapper Jay-Z, just a few years older than him but already a god, gave him a co-sign on Moment of Clarity, a track from his legendary 2003 release, The Black Album : If skills sold, truth be told/I d probably be lyrically Talib Kweli.
It wasn t entirely a compliment. (Jay-Z, avatar of hip-hop excess, was suggesting that he could rap as thoughtfully as the socially conscious Kweli but that he would rather make money.) But Kweli took it as one. The mere mention of my name in a Jay-Z song gave me industry credibility that years of making great hip-hop had not, Kweli writes in his new memoir, Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story.
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